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State | Office | Name | Party | Rating |
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Daniel Akaka, Sr. | 100% | |||
Thomas Allen | 100% | |||
ME | State Senate - 9 | Joseph Baldacci | Democratic | 100% |
Tom Barrett | 100% | |||
Max Baucus | 100% | |||
NA | U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services | Xavier Becerra | 100% | |
Howard Berman | 100% | |||
OR | U.S. House - 3 | Earl Blumenauer | Democratic | 100% |
Barbara Boxer | 100% | |||
Bob Brady | 100% | |||
OH | U.S. Senate - Sr | Sherrod Brown | Democratic | 100% |
Julia Carson | 100% | |||
William Clay, Sr. | 100% | |||
Joseph Maxwell Cleland | 100% | |||
SC | U.S. House - 6 | Jim Clyburn | Democratic | 100% |
Kent Conrad | 100% | |||
John Conyers, Jr. | 100% | |||
Thomas Daschle | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. House - 7 | Danny Davis | Democratic | 100% |
Peter DeFazio | 100% | |||
CO | U.S. House - 1 | Diana DeGette | Democratic | 100% |
CT | U.S. House - 3 | Rosa DeLauro | Democratic | 100% |
Bill Delahunt | 100% | |||
Peter Deutsch | 100% | |||
John Dingell | 100% | |||
Chris Dodd | 100% | |||
Byron Dorgan | 100% | |||
IL | U.S. Senate - Sr | Dick Durbin | Democratic | 100% |
Eliot Engel | 100% | |||
Lane Evans | 100% | |||
Chaka Fattah, Sr. | 100% | |||
Bob Filner | 100% | |||
Barney Frank | 100% | |||
Sam Gejdenson | 100% | |||
Luis Gutiérrez | 100% | |||
Alcee Hastings, Sr. | 100% | |||
Earl Hilliard, Sr. | 100% | |||
Maurice Hinchey | 100% | |||
MD | U.S. House - 5 | Steny Hoyer | Democratic | 100% |
Jesse Jackson, Jr. | 100% | |||
Patrick Kennedy | 100% | |||
Carolyn Kilpatrick | 100% | |||
Mary Landrieu | 100% | |||
Frank Lautenberg | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 12 | Barbara Lee | Democratic | 100% |
John Lewis | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. Senate - Jr | Ed Markey | Democratic | 100% |
Matthew Martinez | 100% | |||
MA | U.S. House - 2 | Jim McGovern | Democratic | 100% |
Cynthia Ann McKinney | 100% | |||
Michael McNulty | 100% | |||
Carrie Meek | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. House - 5 | Gregory Meeks | Democratic | 100% |
Barbara Mikulski | 100% | |||
George Miller | 100% | |||
WA | U.S. Senate - Sr | Patty Murray | Democratic | 100% |
NY | U.S. House - 12 | Jerry Nadler | Democratic | 100% |
Dave Obey | 100% | |||
John Olver | 100% | |||
Major Owens | 100% | |||
Ed Pastor | 100% | |||
Donald Payne | 100% | |||
CA | U.S. House - 11 | Nancy Pelosi | Democratic | 100% |
Silvestre Reyes | 100% | |||
Jay Rockefeller IV | 100% | |||
Ciro Rodriguez | 100% | |||
Lucille Roybal-Allard | 100% | |||
Bobby Rush | 100% | |||
Martin Olav Sabo | 100% | |||
VT | U.S. Senate - Sr | Bernie Sanders | Independent | 100% |
Paul Sarbanes | 100% | |||
NY | U.S. Senate - Sr | Chuck Schumer | Democratic | 100% |
VA | U.S. House - 3 | Bobby Scott | Democratic | 100% |
José Serrano | 100% | |||
WA | U.S. House - 9 | Adam Smith | Democratic | 100% |